173.
The rule is so simple make people
happy
the method is harder live for the
other
the gods come only when they’re
needed
as that girl he thought he knew once
came along and guided Dante to the
rose
but was she the same as the one who
knew
or never knew, you can’t tell by
looking
but the telling does no good till you
tell it
the breath you breathe out different
from what you breathe in
measure the difference in a world
full of commas
listen long enough and learn to tell
lies
don’t stand by your words walk behind
them all the way home.
174.
He’s getting smart it must be near
the end
he has no clue to what the house is
called
why does a castle need a name it has
a moat
all we need is difference did he say
all belief is make-believe
deus adest alteri drink from the well
the healing breath of other people no
help in same
stay far enough away so that they
still are other
the mess of mingling knows no edge
boundary is all, we’re bound to mark
mark we honor by transgressing
travel far by staying home.
